Posted on 07/04/2019 4:27:40 AM PDT by Kaslin
Presidential candidates from both parties usually sound hard-core in the primaries to appeal to their progressive or conservative bases. But for the general election, the nominees move to the center to pick off swing voters and centrist independents.
Voters put up with the scripted tactic as long as a candidate had not gone too extreme in the primaries and endorsed positions too far out of the mainstream.
A good example of this successful ploy was Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. In the primary against Hillary Clinton, Obama ran to her left. But he was still careful not to get caught on the record going too far left. That way, he was still able to tack to the center against John McCain in the general election.
As a general election candidate, Obama rejected the idea of gay marriage. He blasted illegal immigration. He railed against deficit spending. And he went so far as to label then-President George W. Bush as "unpatriotic" for taking out "a credit card from the bank of China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt."
The result was that Obama was elected. After taking office, in a cynical fashion, he endorsed gay marriage, ran up far more red ink than did Bush, offered blanket amnesties, and relaxed immigration enforcement.
Yet the current crop of would-be Democratic nominees has forgotten the old script entirely. Nearly all of them are currently running so hard to the left that the successful nominee will never be able to appear moderate.
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And our legitimate votes are diluted.
The Democrats know they do not have any chance of beating Trump in 2020.
Instead, 2020 will be a test for the Democrats to see how many votes they get for a solid Socialist agenda.
The Democrats are preparing for 2024 when they expect to have a better chance of winning.
I am not saying you are wrong, just that I never heard of this before. I am surprised I never was aware of these ads but not at all surprised Obama had them produced.
The power of the Brown Shirt Media. The power to ignore.
Once they get Trump to trade amnesty for 40 MIllion they won’t have to bitch about a wall anymore.
I think most of us would agree that Zero won because of two reasons: McTurd threw the election and race.
Just imagine if he was running against President Trump and not that buffoon he ran against
personally, i believe that the Dems mistake the howling, rageful mobs that post, comment and tweet on social media as being the majority of our country when in fact they’re actually just a minority of even the Dem faithful ...
I’m
Not so worried about Spanish speakers
If we start getting invaded by ISIS. then I’m worried
I’m fine with the Donkeys going hard left. May they enjoy as much success with it as the Labour Party did in the UK for an entire generation.
The critical thing is to keep the Republican majority in the Senate and reelect President Trump. At least a couple members of the Gang of Four on the Supreme Court can’t possibly last 5 more years.
The democrat party is in rebellion. Treat them as such.
Or they’re driving their base to attempt a violent rebellion.
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